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Idiot Savant, Starring Willem Dafoe, Extends at the Public

NEWS November 9, 2009 | 11:42AM

The Public Theater’s world premiere production of Richard Foreman’s Idiot Savant, starring two-time Academy Award nominee Willem Dafoe, has extended for an extra week, through December 20. The avant-garde production, directed by the playwright and presented in association with his Ontological-Hysteric Theater, began performances on October 27 and had been scheduled to close on December 13.

In addition ...

Idiot Savant Ends

FINAL BOW November 1, 2009 | 1:25PM

Date: Dec 20, 2009
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Richard Foreman's Idiot Savant, starring Willem Dafoe in the title role, plays its final performance at off-Broadway's Public Theater.

Described as a philosophical comedy in the tradition of Ionesco and Preston Sturges, Idiot Savant is a wild theatrical odyssey from the mind of Richard Foreman that includes existential and metaphysical acrobatics as well as a ridiculous game of ...

Complete Casting Announced for the Public's Idiot Savant, Starring Willem Dafoe

NEWS September 14, 2009 | 4:32PM

Joel Israel, Alenka Kraigher, Elina Lowensohn, Eric Magnus and Daniel Nelson will join previously announced title star Willem Dafoe in the Public Theater's world premiere of Idiot Savant. Written and directed by Richard Foreman, the show begins previews October 27 with opening set for November 4. The limited engagement plays through December 13.

In Idiot Savant, Marie (Kraigher) asks ...

Hoffman and Ortiz in Othello, New Play by Suzan-Lori Parks & More on Tap at Public in 2009-2010

NEWS May 26, 2009 | 3:44PM

The Public Theater’s 2009-2010 season will include a production of Othello starring John Ortiz and Philip Seymour Hoffman, Willem Dafoe starring in Richard Foreman’s Idiot Savant, and new works by Suzan-Lori Parks, Tarell Alvin McCraney and Mike Daisey. Details of the lineup are as follows:

Othello, by William Shakespeare, directed by Peter Sellars
September 12-October 4 at NYU ...